Remember from episode 3, go listen to it if you haven't, diversity is numbers. Putting different people together is not a recipe for success on its own. What matters is what you do with your diversity, how you build inclusion and safety.

When you combine diversity and inclusion, then you will reap the benefits. In this episode, I am going to talk about 5 of them.

Benefit 1: different ways of thinking and working

Benefit 2: More understanding

Benefit 3: Different strengths and abilities

Benefit 4: More adaptable organisation

Benefit 5: The bottom line: more profit and customers

In this episode, I receive Catherine Polet. Catherine is an award-winning nutrition and sustainability coach. She helps people with their diet and the planet at the same time. As the guest in this episode, Catherine is sharing her diverse experience. She has lived in many countries, speaks many languages and has been involved in very diverse organisations. Catherine gives us all her advice and views on how to best approach such diversity. And in a nutshell, it is by being curious. If you stay in your little bubble, you will not take advantage of the diversity you experience. When you are open and curious, you can learn, grow and develop.

If you want to continue the discussion with Catherine, you can reach her:

Website: https://www.catherinepolet.coach/

Website: https://www.healthyyouhealthyplanet.earth/home

Welcome into this new episode of the Culture & Inclusion podcast. Today we are going to talk about the usual categories of diversity we think about when we think diversity. I am going to look and discuss two aspects. In this episode, I want to present my view about this subject, which will not be everyone’s view. First, do we really think that diversity is important and second, are the usual categories of diversity helpful really?

So, open your ears and mind and see what you think yourselves. If I raised some eyebrows, some thoughts and emotions, then I will have achieved my goal for this episode.

In this episode, I am speaking to Luis Moreno. Let me introduce Luis to you.

Luis Moreno trains Leaders to be more human. He has a passion for Personal and Professional Development and reads, studies, speaks, and writes on topics related to Human-Centred Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Diversity and Inclusion, Talent, Workplace and related topics. He collaborates with experts from around the world to help advance the research, work and knowledge in those areas. Luis obtained an MBA in Marketing & Strategy from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota and is a Humphrey Public Policy Fellow. He is engaged in efforts to increase U.S. Competitiveness and Shared Prosperity as a member of the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School. The State of Minnesota gave Luis the Distinguished Service Award for his contributions in the areas of race relations, justice, community service, education, and civil and human rights.

We talk about empathy, how it applies to all feelings, how it is important to understand others' experiences and many more aspects.

How to reach Luis:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/luismoreno

Instagram: instagram.com/luismorenotcbpn/

YouTube: Luis Moreno TCBPN

This time, I am on my own once again and I want to talk about awareness. What kind of awareness? Well, awareness of differences. Why is it important to know our level of awareness of differences? Because your current level of awareness will influence how inclusive you are likely to be. To be inclusive requires higher levels of awareness.

In this episode, my guest is Steven Howard. Steven Howard is an award-winning author of now 23 leadership, business, and motivational books. He is well-known and recognised for his truly international and multicultural perspective, having lived in the USA for over 30 years, in Singapore for 21 years, and in Australia for 12 years. He currently resides in Mexico City.

He has over 40 years of international senior sales, marketing, and leadership experience. His corporate career covered a wide variety of fields and experiences, including IT, consumer products, publishing, international tourism, and personal financial solutions. He has coached, mentored, and trained over 10,000 leaders from every continent – except Antarctica!

We discuss about the fine line in leadership of looking after your people and getting the results for the organisation. Leaders lead for results AND for people development. People first and the results will come. You manage things and you lead people. Leaders need to unlearn management and relearn to be human. Leaders need to bring the right values and focus on the inclusion of your human force. We discuss how to harmonise the workplace, the place of empathy and compassion and how to add to them adaptability, flexibility and resilience. How preparing multiple plans and executing is crucial for leaders. Steven introduces his latest concept of Humony, the subject of his latest book. And Steven even has a challenge for you!

How to reach Steven:

LinkedIn

https://calienteleadership.com/

[email protected]

Today, we are going to talk about various aspects around Diversity and Inclusion. In my work and interactions with people, I came to realise that the various concepts involved were not clear to many people, used interchangeably when they have very different meanings. So, as we talked about culture in the second episode of this podcast, in this episode, I will talk about the concepts of diversity, equity, equality, inclusion and belonging. I will explain how they are different but fit together to get you this inclusive leadership and inclusive culture in the workplace.

In this episode, we will start at the beginning. I will explain what a culture really is, its various layers to external, superficial to very deep and how it affects everything within and without each of us.

This episode is an introduction to the Culture and Inclusion podcast. I will briefly cover what the podcast is all about!